"Speed Sisters is a film about the human drive to break through the obstacles in our lives and be true to ourselves and to our dreams."
Amber Fares
(Director)

SUMMARY

Fast, furious and feminine -the Speed Sisters are the Middle East's first all-woman car racing team. Defying the occupation, economic hardship and social pressure, they tear up race tracks in pursuit of their passion.

Speed Sisters give feminine power a whole new meaning -they are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. The West Bank, where they are from, has no formal racing tracks, nor do they even have proper racing cars -vehicles are customized from ordinary cars- and life under military occupation means hardship and constraints at every turn. Grabbing headlines and turning heads at improvised tracks, these five women have sped their way into the heart of the gritty, male-dominated Palestinian street car-racing scene, confronting stereotypes and challenges with good humour and guts. But the pressures threaten to tear their team apart. Weaving together the women's lives on and off the track, Speed Sisters offers a unique perspective on life under occupation and takes you on an eye-opening journey into the drive to go further and faster than anyone thought you could.